VOLCANIC ERUPTION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material

Synonyms:

eruption; volcanic eruption

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("volcanic eruption" is a kind of...):

discharge (the sudden giving off of energy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volcanic eruption"):

Plinian eruption (a volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several miles)

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